diff --git a/package/libs/libxml2/Makefile b/package/libs/libxml2/Makefile
index efd33a52781d1..2be8026e89d84 100644
--- a/package/libs/libxml2/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libxml2/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libxml2
-PKG_VERSION:=2.12.5
+PKG_VERSION:=2.12.6
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/libxml2/$(basename $(PKG_VERSION))
-PKG_HASH:=a972796696afd38073e0f59c283c3a2f5a560b5268b4babc391b286166526b21
+PKG_HASH:=889c593a881a3db5fdd96cc9318c87df34eb648edfc458272ad46fd607353fbb
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING